Sarah Lawson
Biography
Sarah Lawson was an English actress with credits in film, television and radio. Born in Wandsworth in 1928, she studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and then gained stage experience in Perth, Ipswich and Felixstowe, and later in the West End of London. Her movies included The Browning Version (1951), The Devil Rides Out (1968) and Night of the Big Heat (1967), the last two directed by Terence Fisher; in The Devil Rides Out she was Marie Eaton. Her radio work took in The Hostage, Kind Sir and Inspector West. On television she had her most important role in the Granada series The Odd Man, written by Edward Boyd and starring Moultrie Kelsall and Edwin Richfield. She also played Flo Mayhew, a Soviet agent, in a pair of Callan episodes alongside Edward Woodward, and in 1978 she took the governor role in the final run of Within These Walls. Lawson died in 2023.
95years old at death
- Born Wandsworth
- Died
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Sarah Elizabeth Lawson
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 17 years1951 to 1968
Every film, newest first
- 1968The Devil Rides OutIMDb rating 6.8
- 1967Night of the Big HeatIMDb rating 5.6
- 1951The Browning VersionIMDb rating 8.0
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Early training
Lawson's training took place at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. After that she worked in Perth, Ipswich and Felixstowe, as well as in London's West End.
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Worked with
Sarah Lawson shares two films with Christopher Lee, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Christopher Lee's page
Patrick Allen's page
Peter Cushing's page
Wilfrid Hyde-White's page
Percy Herbert's page
Michael Redgrave's page
Terence FisherDirector, 2 films, 1967 to 1968
All films by Terence Fisher
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